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Dave Ross

Tom Tangney said he was amazed at how inarticulate Jodie Foster was in her big Golden Globes speech...
Jamie Griswold

Jodie Foster comes out at Golden Globes

Jodie Foster came out without really coming out, and suggested she was retiring from acting without exactly saying so, in a long, breathless and rambling speech at Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards.
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Dave Ross

No coin for you

Well, so much for the trillion dollar coin.
14 years ago
Veronique Pozner, left, embraces a young girl as she arrives at B’nai Israel Cemetery for bur...
Dave Ross

Who should really be discussing gun legislation?

The Vice President held a meeting with the NRA, and the result is the NRA will not only lobby vigorously but unleash the mother of all membership drives.
14 years ago
New York Times number-guy Nate Silver accurately predicted the outcome of all 50 states in the Pres...
Dave Ross

Nate Silver picks the Super Bowl

I'm pretty even-handed on most issues, but as a Seattleite, I cannot resist reporting as authoritatively as I can the latest prediction by New York Times oracle Nate Silver.
14 years ago
But it goes like this: If congress won’t let the treasury borrow more money to pay America&#8...
Dave Ross

Should America go platinum?

At first glance, its seems like a nutty idea. At second glance, it also seems like a nutty idea.
14 years ago
Pro-gun talk show host Alex Jones wants to protect us from being recolonized by Brits like Piers Mo...
Dave Ross

A Clash of Titans

On Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden will meet with an NRA representative, which ought to be a lively session. But will it change anything?
14 years ago
If it can’t borrow, the Treasury is telling us that will only write checks as actual tax rece...
Dave Ross

Another day closer

There's a lot of scary talk about what would happen if the federal government defaults March 27.
14 years ago
Dave Ross knows it’s kind of cold, but he says if you’re planning on visiting a Nationa...
Dave Ross

Will it shut down?

On March 27 the U.S., like a lot of its citizens, will reach credit limit - which is fine, since everyone wants smaller government.
14 years ago
It’s just the price of living in a heavily armed nation – that what used to be cute, is...
Dave Ross

Fair warning, kids

At Roscoe Nix Elementary in Silver Spring Maryland, Rodney Lynch, age 6, has been reprieved. But for a while he was in pretty big trouble.
14 years ago
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio holds up a gavel in the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washing...
Dave Ross

Are we ready for the next crisis?

The 113th Congress has been seated and will get right to work on the next step in the big budget debate - spending.
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Dave Ross

Sandy Hook and Congress

Sandy Hook Elementary was back in session Thursday, seven miles from the original school in Newtown, in a building re-made to look like old one.
14 years ago
The lights of the U.S. Capitol remain lit as the House worked on the “fiscal cliff” leg...
Dave Ross

It’s like a fairy tale!

In a vote that took place at a time when the only people watching CSPAN were me and Mark Knoller, Congress swept away a bunch of its own artificial booby traps in a decisive bi-partisan vote.
14 years ago
New Hampshire Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop in the global Anglican fe...
Dave Ross

He heard God’s voice

Among those who followed the recent gay marriage votes very closely was Reverend Gene Robinson of New Hampshire who became the first gay Bishop in the Episcopal Church.
14 years ago
Of course it’s an unfair image; of course no one wants to hurt retired old people – esp...
Dave Ross

They took the bait

By all accounts, Republicans finally made the move Democrats were hoping they'd make.
14 years ago
Bob Inglis is a guy who believes climate change is real, humans are partly responsible, and therefo...
Dave Ross

Suppose we taxed income less, and carbon more?

Bob Inglis is a former Republican senator from South Carolina-- and how conservative is he?
14 years ago
The stock market may jump around, but you don’t have to be an investment genius to get five p...
Dave Ross

No more gloom and doom

I will not wallow in this gloom and doom talk. I always look for something to be optimistic about, and there it was this morning on CNBC.
14 years ago
It’s a public record. The Journal News says neighbors have a right to know in case they feel ...
Dave Ross

Gun owners – outed in New York!

There it is - on the website of the Journal News, which covers New York's Westchester, Putnam, and Rockland Counties.
14 years ago
I did notice I seemed to be opening a lot of socks on Christmas. (AP Photo/File)...
Dave Ross

Still not buying enough

As far as I could tell, the malls were packed over the holidays.
14 years ago
The National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, speaks during a news confer...
Dave Ross

Is he crazy, or just trapped?

Over the weekend NRA chief Wayne La Pierre endorsed the idea of armed and trained officers in every school, paid for by the federal government. And people called him crazy.
14 years ago
Anxious parents reeling in the wake the Connecticut school shooting are fueling sales of firearms e...
Dave Ross

To protect against tyranny

All over the country, the guns are flying out the door. Not just any guns, but as you might expect, the very guns the President wants to ban on the grounds that in the wrong hands they are just too deadly.
14 years ago
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left...
Dave Ross

It’s time to play ‘fill in the blanks’

Fill in the Blanks is where you get a chance to participate in today's commentary.
14 years ago
The reaction to the Connecticut school shooting can be seen in gun stores and self-defense retailer...
Dave Ross

Tomorrow is the big day

Tomorrow the NRA issues its first statement about the Newtown massacre - it promises to "offer meaningful contributions." But don't think they'll support any kind of weapons ban.
14 years ago
Crime scene tape surrounds the home of Nancy Lanza, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Nancy...
Dave Ross

What will the NRA say?

Yet another detail about the Newtown gunman is now in question.
14 years ago
Groups that want more gun control think this is the moment – that the Newtown massacre finall...
Dave Ross

How will gun owners respond?

Groups that want more gun control think this is the moment - that the Newtown massacre finally is the kind of outrage that will not so easily fade from peoples' minds.
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